Flour sieve



M. HEALD.

FLUUR SIEVE. y APPLlcAnoN man AuG.24, i920.

PatentdSept. 5, 1922.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922u MARION HEALD, OF GOLDEN, COLORADO.

FLOUR SIEVE.

Application filed August 24, 1920.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that MARION HEALD, a citizen of the United States of America, residl ing at Golden, in the county of Jefferson. and

State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flour `Sieves, of which the following is a speciiication.

The object ot' the invention is to provide a :flour sieve which will prevent the spilling ot liour while carrying the same to and from the flour receptacle or pantry, or other place where the flour may be kept. To this end, the invention comprises a cylinder having a movable bottom and means normally keeping the bottom closed but permitting it readily to be opened to deposit the contents ot the cylinder.

The invention is shown in a specific embodimentto which, however, it is not to be restricted. They right is reserved to make such changes or alterations as the actual reduction to practice may suggest, in so tar as such changes or alterations are compatible in spirit with the annexed claim.`

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of the improved sieve.

Figure yf2, is a section on the line 2 2 of `Figure l.

Referring to the drawings, the invention is shown as comprising a cylinder l having an open top and carrying within the sitter 2 and the agitator 3 operable by the handle el in the usual. well known manner` The cylinder is formed with a hingedly attached bottom 5 carrying a projecting ear (l. The hinge ot the bottom 5 will permit the latter to swing downwardly and thus deposit the contents of the cylinder but this bottom is kept normally in closed'position and to that end there is provided a handle element 7 for the cylinder in the form ot a Serial No. 405,592.

spring member bent back on itself, and having one leg attached to the cylinder and the other leg pivotally connecting` with a vertically disposed rod 8, the latter passing slidably through eyes 9 mounted on the outer wall of the cylinder and having its free end lbearing upon the top tace of ear` 6.` The spring element comprising the handle 7 is so constructed that its legs tend normally to move away from each other,.and, therefore. the rod 8 is forced downwardly against the ear 6 with the result that the bottom 5 is raised and retained in closed position against the cylinder l.

lNhcn flour is deposited in the cylinder through the open top, it may be carried from one place to the other without fear of spilling inasmuch as the bottom 5 is retained in closed position. After the sifting operation has been performed or while it is being performed. the Atwo legs of the handle element may be pressed towards each other, thus releasing pressure of the rod 8 on the car 6, whereupon the bottom 5 is permitted to drop and deposit the contents of the cylinder into a bowl or other receptacle where it is desired to place it.

l claim- A utensil of the kind set forth comprising a cylinder, a bottom element hingedly attached to the `cylinder at its lower end and formed with a projecting ear, a U-shaped spring handle element for the cylinder having one leg attached to the cylinder, and a rod member slidably mounted on the cylinl der, and having one end pivotally connected to the remaining leg of the handle element and the remaining end bearing upon said ear for the useful purposes herein specified.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature.

MARION HEALD. 

